Influence of lateral hydrologic connectivity on fluvial flux and ecosystem metabolism in a river-floodplain system, The

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Abstract

Within mountainous watersheds and river networks, low-gradient valley bottoms can function as locations of high retention and biogeochemical processing. We evaluated hydrologic dynamics, nutrient flux, and aquatic ecosystem metabolism across the snowmelt hydrograph from May – October 2015 along two river segments of the North Saint Vrain Creek, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: a valley-confined channel (confined segment) and an unconfined wet valley (unconfined segment) directly downstream. We observed significant differences in water, carbon, and nutrient flux, ecosystem metabolism, and ...(For more, see "View full record.")